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In what year was LBJ elected?
1964
In what year did LBJ introduce his 'Great Society'?
1964
What percentage of Americans supported LBJ according to the polls in 1964?
75%
When was the Fair Housing Act?
1968
What was the Fair Housing Act of 1968?
outlawed housing discrimination
What did the Executive Order in 1965 do?
Required any institute receiving federal funding to employ more non-whites
In what year did LBJ declare his 'war on poverty'?
1964
How much was it estimated by social experts, in 1962, to end poverty?
$2 billion annual budget
When was the estimated $2 billion annual budget to end poverty released by the University of Michigan?
1962
When was the Economic Opportunity Act passed?
1964
What was the Economic Opportunity Act?
The policies that would make up the Great Society
What does ''EOA'' stand for?
Economic Opportunity Act
By 1965 how many states had anti-poverty programmes?
44
By 1965, how many states were due to have anti-poverty programmes?
6
By 1965, how many Job Corps centres were opened?
53
By 1965, approximately how many applications on average were Job Corps centres receiving?
Thousands a day
By 1965, how many members of families on welfare were receiving work training?
25, 000
By 1965, how many college students were on work study programmes?
35, 000
By 1965, how many adults were learning to read and write?
35, 000
By 1965, how many adults were enrolled in basic education programmes?
19,000
By 1965, in how many cities were Neighbourhood Youth Corps in?
49
By 1965, in how many rural communities were Neighbourhood Youth Corps in?
11
By 1965, how many VISTA volunteers were assisting vulnerable groups?
8, 000
What is VISTA?
Volunteers in Service to America
By 1965, how many were receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children benefits?
4 mill
In 1968, how much was given to small businesses and rural development?
$17 mill
What was the Head Start Program?
preschool for underprivileged children
How many children benefited from the Head Start program during LBJ's presidency?
1 mill
What was Upward Bound?
provided college preparation for low-income teenagers
How many children benefited from the Upward Bound program during LBJ's presidency?
50, 000
Which of Kennedy's programmes did LBJ extend?
Food stamp
By how much did LBJ increase minimum wage by?
35 cents
What percentage of the population was in poverty in 1965?
17%
What percentage of the population was in poverty in 1972?
11%
How much did the federal government spend on the poor in 1963?
$13 billion
How much did the federal government spend on the poor in 1966?
$20 billion
By 1968, what fraction of non white families still lived below the poverty line?
1/3
By 1968, how many more non whites were unemployed than whites?
Nearly double
By 1968, by how much greater was the infant mortality rates for non whites compared to whites?
Nearly double
In 1964, how many Americans had never finished high school?
54 million
In 1964, how many Americans had under five years of schooling?
8 million
How many students, with proven ability, couldn't afford to enter college?
100, 000
By how much did Johnson convince Congress to increase federal expenditure on education?
Double -> $8 billion
What acts did LBJ pass to help the poorest schools?
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Higher Education Act
What did the ESEA stand for?
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
What did the HEA stand for?
Higher Education Act
When was the ESEA passed?
1965
When was the HEA passed?
1965
How many poor children benefitted from the ESEA?
6.7 million
In 1985, the National Institution of Education estimated that how much of the expenditure of the ESEA had gone to children above the poverty line?
50%
What did Robert Dallek conclude in his biography of LBJ?
'If his educational reforms did not lead to a Great Society, they have at least made for a better society'
When was HUD established?
1965
What did HUD stand for?
Housing and Urban Development
What did HUD do?
combat housing shortages and decay in urban areas
What fraction of Americans lived in areas with housing shortages and urban decay in 1965?
2/3
What was the Demonstration Cities Act?
Cities that the government would improve
When was the Demonstration Cities Act passed ?
1966
How much did LBJ estimate the Demonstration Cities Act would cost?
$2.4 billion
How much money was given to the Demonstration Cities Act?
$1.2 billion
How much money did the New York Times estimate the Demonstration Cities Act would cost in New York alone?
$6 billion
How many cities was the Demonstration Cities Act supposed to cover?
6
How many cities was the Demonstration Cities Act end up covering?
150
What act was passed by LBJ to try and combat ghetto housing?
Omnibus Housing Act
When was the Omnibus Housing Act passed?
1965
What did the Omnibus Housing Act do?
Financed rent supplements and $8b of low income housing
= cheaper and desegregated
What fraction of the Detroit ghetto rioters arrested in 1967 had jobs paying over $120 weekly?
4/5
What was the name of the act under which Medicaid and Medicare came under?
Social Security Act, 1965
When was the Social Security Act passed?
1965
What did Medicare entail?
-federally funded healthcare for over 65s
In 1966, how many Americans enrolled in Medicare?
19 million
Within a single year, Medicaid increased the amount spent by the federal and state governments on healthcare from what to what?
$1.3 billion to over $2 billion
How much did Medicare cost in 1966?
$3.5 billion
How much did Medicare cost in 1993?
$144 billion
In 1965, what percentage of the GNP was spent on healthcare?
5%
In 1990, what percentage of the GNP was spent on healthcare?
Over 15%
What fraction of the population benefitted from Medicare and Medicaid by 1976?
1/5
Between 1965 and 1973, how much was spent on the Great Society?
$15.5 billion
Between 1965 and 1973, how much was spent on the Vietnam War?
$120 billion
